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it used to be about 42%. now it was about 53% or so of people. i think the president in a number of ways domestically, a lot of business, a lot of spending. the promise, i think, of tax increases has taken people aback a little bit and i think he has damaged his brand, as they say in the language of merchandising which has now become the language of politics. i think jersey was the big election. i think obama had carried jersey i think by about 15 points just one year ago. now the democratic governor, a strong supporter of obama, obama had come and stood with him three times saying, new jersey, vote for this man. he just lost by five points. it was about a 20-point drop in support. that tells you something. jersey is a democratic state, but they're worried about specific things. unemployment, taxes, they worry about a lot in jersey. terrible property taxes. a bad economy. that's where their minds are. that's who votes in jersey. the president -- >> i lived in jersey. >> i lived in jersey. that's what they're worried about right now. >> still in j
it used to be about 42%. now it was about 53% or so of people. i think the president in a number of ways domestically, a lot of business, a lot of spending. the promise, i think, of tax increases has taken people aback a little bit and i think he has damaged his brand, as they say in the language of merchandising which has now become the language of politics. i think jersey was the big election. i think obama had carried jersey i think by about 15 points just one year ago. now the democratic...
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it is also used to create a less unequal society. out in united states cannot and should not copy blindly from any set of countries. americans are more comfortable with greater levels of inequality than europeans and attempts to create a european social democracy will not work at all, eroding the dynamic flavor of society. tax rates in the west are not k competitive where none of the emerging markets have any capital gains taxes. but the example on northern europe shows there are ways to stay competitive and yet have a significant safety net which is inevitable and proper in any rich country. the key is that you have to be efficient and flexible. the problem for the u.s. is not that its government is too big or too small. in rich countries our government takes up a smaller share of the economy. it is that it is highly inefficient. we spend lots of morn ney on th wrong things and not enough on the right things. the problem is that it is totally inefficient, subsidizing the overconsumption of procedures and technology that don't actual
it is also used to create a less unequal society. out in united states cannot and should not copy blindly from any set of countries. americans are more comfortable with greater levels of inequality than europeans and attempts to create a european social democracy will not work at all, eroding the dynamic flavor of society. tax rates in the west are not k competitive where none of the emerging markets have any capital gains taxes. but the example on northern europe shows there are ways to stay...
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we have allah with us. have you the devil on your side. >> he called coalition nation it is new nazis and promised a, quote, long drawn war. >> nic robertson is in the libyan capital of tripoli. so, nic, gadhafi sounding very defiant. what are people saying? at least standing his ground. what are people there saying? >> reporter: well, the supporters are rallying behind him. and certainly the effort he's trying to do here is to sort of cast this as sort of christian world against the muslim world because -- he is calling this a crusader war which is designed not only to sort of build support inside of libya for himself but also build support for libya from outside and is telling the population they have support from africa and the middle east and from asia as well. so he's trying to bolster his standing not just here, not just threaten the international community with a long war and attacks in the mediterranean, warships there. but also -- not just to say the whole population is armed and going to be armed
we have allah with us. have you the devil on your side. >> he called coalition nation it is new nazis and promised a, quote, long drawn war. >> nic robertson is in the libyan capital of tripoli. so, nic, gadhafi sounding very defiant. what are people saying? at least standing his ground. what are people there saying? >> reporter: well, the supporters are rallying behind him. and certainly the effort he's trying to do here is to sort of cast this as sort of christian world...
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this risk can increase with statin use. tell your doctor about alcohol use, if you ever had gout, or are diabetic and experience increases in blood sugar. flushing, a common side effect, is warmth, redness, itching, or tingling of the skin. [ knock on door ] oops...i gotta go. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about adding niaspan. fight back. fight plaque. love you, daddy. nah. we have something else. but if you're hurt and miss work does it pay cash like aflac does? nah. or let you spend it in any way you want like for gas and groceries? nah. or help with everyday bills like aflac does? nah nah nah. [ male announcer ] there's aflac and there's everything else. visit aflac.com for an agent or quote. aflac! >>> welcome back to a special edition of "fareed zakaria gps, restoring the american dream, getting back to number one." so what needs to be tackled first to get us on our way back to the top? each of our guests has an important answer to the question. you're going to want to hear all of them. let's start with columbia
this risk can increase with statin use. tell your doctor about alcohol use, if you ever had gout, or are diabetic and experience increases in blood sugar. flushing, a common side effect, is warmth, redness, itching, or tingling of the skin. [ knock on door ] oops...i gotta go. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about adding niaspan. fight back. fight plaque. love you, daddy. nah. we have something else. but if you're hurt and miss work does it pay cash like aflac does? nah. or let you spend it...
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it's also used to create a less unweek wall society. the united states cannot and shot not copy blindly from any set of countries. americans are more comfortable with greater levels of inequalities than europeans and tends to create a social european demly will not work at all. plus, tax rates in the west are just not competitive in a world where singapore now has a maximum rate of 20% and almost none of the major competitors, the emerging markets, have any capital gains taxes, but the example of northern europe shows there are ways to stay competitive and yet have a significant safety net which is inevitable and proper in any rich country. the key is that you have to be efficient and flexible. the problem for the u.s. is not that its government is too big or too small. in fact, among rich countries, our government takes up a smaller share of the economy. it's that it is highly inefficient. we spend lots of money on the wrong things and too little on the right things. the problem with the u.s. health care system, for example, is not tha
it's also used to create a less unweek wall society. the united states cannot and shot not copy blindly from any set of countries. americans are more comfortable with greater levels of inequalities than europeans and tends to create a social european demly will not work at all. plus, tax rates in the west are just not competitive in a world where singapore now has a maximum rate of 20% and almost none of the major competitors, the emerging markets, have any capital gains taxes, but the example...
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i would not use that word. i know what a negotiation looks like, and these are things that you're referring to are mostly described by contacts and discussions, not involving the united states. let's not leave the viewers with the impression that some kind of secret negotiation like the famous secret negotiations on vietnam is taking place, because it's not. >> but wouldn't it be necessary to -- for something like that to happen for some kind of a peace deal to be struck? >> a peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies. but in this particular case, unlike the two issues i mentioned a moment ago, there is no clear single address that you go to. there's no ho chi minh. there's no slobodan milosevic. there's no palestinian authority. there is a widely dispersed group of people that we roughly call the enemy. there's al qaeda, with which there's no possibility of any discussion at all. there is the taliban under mullah omar, and that seems
i would not use that word. i know what a negotiation looks like, and these are things that you're referring to are mostly described by contacts and discussions, not involving the united states. let's not leave the viewers with the impression that some kind of secret negotiation like the famous secret negotiations on vietnam is taking place, because it's not. >> but wouldn't it be necessary to -- for something like that to happen for some kind of a peace deal to be struck? >> a peace...
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earn points you can use for travel on any airline, today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to e-trade. they got killer tools man. they'll help you nail a retirement plan that's fierce. two golden crowns. you realize the odds of winning are the same as being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in the same day? frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works at e-trade. >> i'm candy crowley in washington. fareed zakaria will be back in 0 senkdz, but, first, "showbiz tonight" correspondent on the death of whitney houston. michelle, i know you were at the hotel last night. tell
earn points you can use for travel on any airline, today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to...
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use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® granulated with fiber. each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. which meant she continued to have the means to live on... even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. into revolutionary performance. one word makes the difference between defining the mission and accomplishing the mission. one word makes the difference in defending our nation and the cause of freedom. how... is the word that makes all the difference. >>> our question this week from the fareed challenge is -- violent protests have crippled france for weeks. it's all over a plan to raise the retirement age in that nation to what? a, 60 b, 62 c, 66 or d, 70. stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. and go to cnn.com/gps to try your hand at ten m
use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® granulated with fiber. each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. which meant she continued to have the means to live on... even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor...
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in the short term and the medium term, assad is not as desperate as some of us or most of us would portray him to be. >> romy, fawaz talked about a saudi-iranian cold war where is syria is, in a sense, the battleground. in the region, does it appear to you that way, that on the one hand you have the syrian regime backed by iran, its sole major ally, but then is there a lot of money and arms flowing in from saudi arabia? >> well, there are three things happening simultaneously. you do have the saudi and iranian-led cold war in the region that's been going on for some years and has played itself out in lebanon and palestine and iraq, sometimes in somalia and yemen and now in syria. you have the second thing, which is this arab -- series of uprisings all across the region where sit zens are trying to reclaim their dignity, sovereignty and citizenship and their rights. and the third thing which is the most recent, with the veto at the united nations, you have the russians, the chinese as two world powers that are reclaiming a role in the region as the americans and the europeans slowly lower t
in the short term and the medium term, assad is not as desperate as some of us or most of us would portray him to be. >> romy, fawaz talked about a saudi-iranian cold war where is syria is, in a sense, the battleground. in the region, does it appear to you that way, that on the one hand you have the syrian regime backed by iran, its sole major ally, but then is there a lot of money and arms flowing in from saudi arabia? >> well, there are three things happening simultaneously. you...
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whitman will tell us. first up, he led a nation of more than 60 million people for more than ten years. former british prime minister tony blair on the highest levels of leadership. >>> prime minister blair, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, fareed. >> do you think that political leadership is different from leadership in the military, business -- is there something unique about the nature of politics? >> no. i think this is interesting, actually, because in my view, no. when i think of the great leaders that i know, i won't just think of political leaders. i will think of business leaders. i will think of leaders of community organizations. i will think of, you know, of a few managers of soccer clubs i know. the coaches at some of those clubs, they're great leaders. >> what's the common trait? >> the common trait is a clear send of what you want to achieve. the ability to step up and step out and not step back when responsibility comes knocking. and a willingness to do things that are difficult, e
whitman will tell us. first up, he led a nation of more than 60 million people for more than ten years. former british prime minister tony blair on the highest levels of leadership. >>> prime minister blair, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, fareed. >> do you think that political leadership is different from leadership in the military, business -- is there something unique about the nature of politics? >> no. i think this is interesting, actually, because in...
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what they used to call me-to republicans. republicans in name only. to purify idelogically the party. they succeeded in that. what they did is to leave themselves with a party that is fairly uniform in its views so that even at the height of his popularity, barack obama couldn't get republican votes for the stimulus package. even then. >> but that's exactly the opposite of what is happening now, sam. purism took a hit in new jersey and virginia in massachusetts. people were practical, they voted on issues. they voted for republicans who are conservative economically but very nonsnarling who are not guys who you can look at and say, that is an idlog. i interviewed scott brown, the senator elect, i guess, from massachusetts two days ago. the first thing he did was compliment obama. something new is going on. it is a certain, it's a growing pragmatism among the tea party people who voted in virginia, new jersey and massachusetts for guys they were not 100% on the page for. >> what did lindsey graham say after the election on tuesday? he said if you're a
what they used to call me-to republicans. republicans in name only. to purify idelogically the party. they succeeded in that. what they did is to leave themselves with a party that is fairly uniform in its views so that even at the height of his popularity, barack obama couldn't get republican votes for the stimulus package. even then. >> but that's exactly the opposite of what is happening now, sam. purism took a hit in new jersey and virginia in massachusetts. people were practical,...
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paint the picture for us. tell us what it looks like where you are. >> reporter: hi there, brooke. a similar story what gary is seeing and feeling in newport. the real story here in providence is the strong drop kag force winds, some fierce wind gusts we've been feeling throughout the day. the rain has tapered off, picking back up here. that's not the problem. it's been the wind damage that has been a great concern for all of the residents for providence. we've been feeling gusts throughout the morning. in downtown providence, you can see this is a hurricane barrier built in the 1960s to protect the city from some serious storm surges if they would come through. that barrier, when all three of those barrier gates are down and deployed, they can protect the city, supposed to be able to protect it from storm surges of some 20 feet. that's clearly not what they've experienced. we've seen in the last couple hours that one of these gates is at least partially being opened up to let the water flow more freely into the narragansett bay. what we're seeing now is obviously these strong wind
paint the picture for us. tell us what it looks like where you are. >> reporter: hi there, brooke. a similar story what gary is seeing and feeling in newport. the real story here in providence is the strong drop kag force winds, some fierce wind gusts we've been feeling throughout the day. the rain has tapered off, picking back up here. that's not the problem. it's been the wind damage that has been a great concern for all of the residents for providence. we've been feeling gusts...